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00:00:12Youth in Albania: what does the everyday life of a
00:00:16high school student in the capital Tirana look like? French
00:00:19upbringing, what do parents in France do
00:00:21differently?
00:00:24Hiking along the Wadden Sea, what can you experience
00:00:28along Germany's North Sea coast?
00:00:30All this and much more in today's Euromax.
00:00:51Tirana, the Albanian capital, is very popular
00:00:54among tourists, but what is it like to grow up in this city? One
00:00:58young Albanian shows us his everyday
00:01:00life.
00:01:04I am Drin, I am 16 years old and I live in Tirana. This is
00:01:08the city where I grew up, where I experienced many things for the first
00:01:11time. Come with me, I will show you what
00:01:15my day
00:01:16looks like.
00:01:19Hello, welcome to my
00:01:21home.
00:01:24I live with my parents, my grandparents live in an apartment connected
00:01:28to ours. This is my mother who always
00:01:32helps me get ready for breakfast and
00:01:34school.
00:01:37Drin's older brother works abroad. In Albania, it is
00:01:40normal for multiple generations of the same family
00:01:44to live under the same roof.
00:01:46This is my room, I love it, it reflects my
00:01:50character and at the same time is very practical, because I spend most
00:01:53of my time here, studying or
00:01:54playing.
00:02:03Drin's day starts at 6 AM. He has to walk quite
00:02:06a bit to the bus he takes to school.
00:02:10Drin attends a private Catholic high school, classes start at
00:02:148 o'clock. Today
00:02:16shoe sizes, but in his class has an Albanian language test, classes end
00:02:20after the sixth
00:02:21period.
00:02:25After school, Drin returns to his grandmother, his father's mother, since
00:02:29his grandfather passed away, she lives alone. On the ground floor there
00:02:33is a room that has a special meaning for
00:02:36Drin.
00:02:45These are the boats that my grandfather and I worked on for years. They are
00:02:48models of real ships. Grandpa was very dedicated to
00:02:52this and passed that love on to
00:02:58happy, we return to me.
00:03:01This is my grandfather, as a young man he
00:03:03espresso, and attended maritime school, later he worked on a ship
00:03:06for years. Here
00:03:10is my
00:03:14grandmother.
00:03:19Grandma and I are very close so I try to visit her as
00:03:23often as possible, three to four times a week, even on weekends.
00:03:26Family is the most important thing in Albania.
00:03:32In the afternoon, Drin goes to the city center with his friend Boran.
00:03:35Both are part of the same group of school
00:03:38friends.
00:03:40We hang out outside of school, play sports, play
00:03:44video games and do similar
00:03:46things.
00:03:50Or like today, they go to the bakery together for
00:03:54burek.
00:04:00It has become fast food and is mostly bought to go, it is really
00:04:03delicious, everyone eats it.
00:04:07According to a survey, about half of Albanians cannot afford
00:04:11to go to a restaurant, not even occasionally. Maybe
00:04:14that's one of the reasons why burek is so
00:04:17popular.
00:04:21I took the one with feta and ricotta cheese, and he took
00:04:25the one with
00:04:28meat.
00:04:31In Tirana there are many places that remind us of the country's
00:04:34history. Albania was a socialist dictatorship until
00:04:381991, and for most of that period, Enver Hoxha was
00:04:42at its head. The then dictator built a large
00:04:45number of bunkers. A large part of the state revenue was spent
00:04:49on building bunkers like this, so that the population
00:04:52would be safe in case of war. However, that war never
00:04:56happened, so all that money was practically wasted.
00:05:00Albania is still considered one of the economically poorest countries
00:05:03in Europe, a quarter of young people between 15 and 24 are not
00:05:07employed. I even feel the need to leave
00:05:11the country to study. I think that after finishing university here, I would not
00:05:15be able to choose a professional career. I think that is the biggest
00:05:18problem of the Albanian system and the main thing that needs
00:05:21to be changed.
00:05:27Nowhere in Europe do so many young people leave their
00:05:30country. A third of the inhabitants born in Albania today
00:05:33live abroad, many of them in the European Union.
00:05:37Although Albania is not a member of the European Union, it has had candidate status
00:05:41since 2014.
00:05:43Drin would like to study mechanical engineering or robotics, perhaps
00:05:46in Vienna, Austria, but he also plans to return home to
00:05:50Tirana.
00:05:53So, that was a day in my life. I sincerely hope you
00:05:57enjoyed it. Goodbye and Miru
00:05:59Pavšim.
00:06:01French children are often considered to be particularly well-behaved.
00:06:05How do French parents manage this? To find out, we visited
00:06:08a family in Paris. Meet Cesar. This
00:06:12nine-year-old moves
00:06:16around Paris on his own at the last minute, buying groceries for
00:06:20the family dinner. Two baguettes and, please,
00:06:23buy raspberries. Shopping is not Cesar's only household
00:06:27chore. He and his sister Emilia regularly
00:06:31help around the house.
00:06:34I wash dishes and remove glasses, plates and cutlery.
00:06:37The Viera family lives in Paris,
00:06:41as a completely typical French family, although
00:06:44Veronika raises her two children, Emilia and
00:06:48Cesar, on her own. She separated from her partner in
00:06:522020, and the children have been mostly with her since then. What
00:06:54values do French parents try to instill in their
00:06:58children? We must raise our children. I think it is
00:07:02very important that they are well-behaved when we eat out,
00:07:05we try to make them behave properly. That is important
00:07:09to us. It is about setting clear boundaries.
00:07:21one in four has a single parent.
00:07:24France also has one of the highest birth rates in
00:07:28Europe. On average, each woman has between
00:07:311.6 and two children. Although this average
00:07:34is the lowest in the last hundred years, it is still relatively
00:07:37high. It's seven in the morning, for the family and faith it's important to have
00:07:41breakfast together, as they won't see each other until the evening. Emilia and Cesar
00:07:45are at school from 8:30 to 5 PM, they go
00:07:48to school alone. After breakfast, I get ready
00:07:52and leave, I go to school alone, it only takes me five
00:07:55minutes, it's completely normal, everyone
00:07:58does that.
00:08:01Bye honey, I love you, have a good time, see you
00:08:05tonight.
00:08:11Emilia and Cesar actually prefer no one to accompany them and no
00:08:14one to pick them up from
00:08:16school.
00:08:18Veronika thus has a little time for herself. The mother works in
00:08:22banking. After childbirth, she returned to full-time work
00:08:25when the babies were only three months old. In France,
00:08:29this is common. 2/3 of French women are
00:08:32employed, which is roughly the European average, but
00:08:36many more of them work full time. Veronika tries to
00:08:39play many roles.
00:08:44French women are quite independent, in the family they are much
00:08:47more than those who organize
00:08:48everything.
00:08:51As mothers, we are present, but also overly intrusive,
00:08:55at least I think so. We try
00:08:58to be good mothers, but also to develop our lives as
00:09:01women.
00:09:07The French state supports families in various ways, for
00:09:10example, through partial benefits for childcare and direct child
00:09:14benefits, but how do French families really share
00:09:18responsibilities when it comes to raising children? A lot
00:09:21has changed, hasn't it? I see among my
00:09:24friends that responsibilities are being shared more equally,
00:09:27but we are still far from true equality.
00:09:31I would say that mothers still bear most of the
00:09:34burden. Fathers usually deal with exciting things
00:09:37like trips, holidays,
00:09:40fun.
00:09:42It becomes what's not fun at all, that's who we are and
00:09:46yes, maybe we feel guilty if we do that, but we are simply
00:09:50better at it than
00:09:51men.
00:09:56Cesar and Emilia usually come home from school around
00:09:595 PM, then they do homework, help
00:10:03around the house. Cesar goes shopping, while
00:10:07Emilia helps with laundry and
00:10:09tidying up.
00:10:12What kind of shoes are these?
00:10:16Take them
00:10:16off
00:10:22immediately!
00:10:55One rule in this family is not questioned: shared
00:10:59dinner. Every evening, exactly at seven, food is on
00:11:02the table. This time they eat salad, chicken and
00:11:05vegetables, which Cesar and Emilia accept without
00:11:09problems. They use the time to be
00:11:11together.
00:11:15What is really important to me is connection.
00:11:19Of course there will be arguments and rivalries, but that is
00:11:22normal. If there is anyone in the world you can
00:11:33After dinner, they play cards, chat or watch
00:11:36television, it's a typical evening for the Viera family, in
00:11:40many ways typical of French
00:11:42society.
00:11:49The Wadden Sea in northern Germany represents an exceptional natural
00:11:53phenomenon, and is therefore included on the UNESCO
00:11:55World Heritage List. We spent a day there exploring what this
00:11:59region has to offer.
00:12:02Welcome to the Wadden Sea.
00:12:06The Wadden Sea is part of the North Sea, it is the largest system of shallow
00:12:10mudflats in the world. This marine belt remains dry
00:12:13during low tide, while the high tide covers it with water again. Due to
00:12:17its uniqueness, the Wadden Sea is on the UNESCO World Heritage
00:12:21List. I am currently in the Wadden Sea National
00:12:24Park in the German state of Lower Saxony.
00:12:28The day starts at 6 AM with a walk
00:12:31across the mudflats and sandbanks. With guide Joke
00:12:35Puliart, we embark on a 10 km walk across
00:12:38the seabed during low tide. Joke shows us some of the smallest
00:12:41inhabitants of the Wadden Sea that we would not have noticed
00:12:45without a guide. We have to see what all swims
00:12:49here. But we don't have much time. We have to move on
00:12:52before the tide comes back and the sea rises. High tide and
00:12:56low tide alternate here twice a day. Here it is even
00:12:59deeper, walk a little there, a real
00:13:03current has formed here, come
00:13:04here.
00:13:11Now it's raining, today we experienced all kinds of weather
00:13:15conditions. Finally we reach
00:13:18our destination, the island of Minzenero. Wet, but
00:13:23the mainland. We have to hurry before the tide completely covers
00:13:26the mudflats. What
00:13:28an adventure!
00:13:31After so much nature, it's time to explore the landscapes and
00:13:34the people who live here. That's why we're going to the coastal town of Norden
00:13:38in East Frisia. I can't wait to take a break the Frisian
00:13:42way, it's time for tea. Tea here is not
00:13:45just a drink, and the "tea time" culture is
00:13:49part of East Frisian culture. First, a sugar cube is placed
00:13:53in the cup, and then black tea is
00:13:57added. If everything is done correctly, you can hear the
00:14:00sugar crackle. Now perhaps the most interesting part,
00:14:04cream is added to the tea in a circle, counter-clockwise,
00:14:08smjeru suprotnom od kazalike na
00:14:10creating
00:14:12small cloud-like
00:14:14shapes.
00:14:18The tea is not stirred, it is drunk in three
00:14:22sips.
00:14:27The first is
00:14:27creamy,
00:14:32the second
00:14:33bitter,
00:14:37and the third sweetest.
00:14:41That's it. If you are interested in the history of Frisian tea,
00:14:45I recommend you visit the Norden Tea Museum. And
00:14:49now I have a meeting with the fascinating inhabitants of the Wadden
00:14:52Sea, the Seal Rescue Station. One of
00:14:55the main attractions here in Norden, where injured
00:14:58and abandoned seals are cared for and recover
00:15:01before being returned to nature.
00:15:03Let's see.
00:15:06Seals are marine predators that people rarely
00:15:09see. Pups are born during the summer,
00:15:12when a seal pup loses its mother, it ends up here.
00:15:16Visitors to the center can learn more about these cute
00:15:20mammals.
00:15:25Today I have the opportunity to help animal keeper Mona during
00:15:29feeding. On the menu are
00:15:31herring. The keepers care for up to
00:15:34180 young seals annually. After approximately
00:15:3863 days, the animals reach a body mass of
00:15:4125 kg and can be released back into
00:15:44nature. Seals are brought here because people get too
00:15:48close to them in the wild.
00:15:51The sight of all those fish made me hungry.
00:15:53apetit.
00:15:58One herring sandwich, please.
00:15:59haringama.
00:16:02Fish sandwiches are the most popular street food in northern
00:16:05Germany.
00:16:07They are fresh
00:16:09fish sandwiches.
00:16:13I enjoyed this day by the Wadden Sea, especially meeting
00:16:16its big and small inhabitants. Since
00:16:20this is my homeland, I was especially happy to present
00:16:24it to you. Thank you for watching and see you next
00:16:27time.
00:16:29Every European country has its own characteristic dining
00:16:33culture. In Germany, people gather in a beer garden, in Austria, in
00:16:36a coffee house. In England a pub, in Greek
00:16:40kafenion.
00:16:42And what is a kafenion? We will show you
00:16:45now. Would you dare to enter
00:16:48here, or is this place reserved for older
00:16:51men? Are tourists welcome in a Greek kafenion and
00:16:55why should you never stir your coffee? We will show you
00:16:58the customs that make the traditional Greek kafenion so
00:17:01unique. People who choose to come to a traditional
00:17:05cafe are looking for exactly that.
00:17:21This is your host, Jorgos Castelo Risios. Earlier,
00:17:33Kafenion Castelo in Athens was run by his
00:17:36father. Here every word has its
00:17:39weight. When someone says good morning, they really mean it. In
00:17:42cafes, people who sit sometimes do not greet each other. Whether you
00:17:46know someone or not, here in the kafenion you feel like you are
00:17:49friends with everyone, part of the community.
00:17:53Kafenion means coffee shop. This one
00:17:56opens at 8:00 AM. First comes coffee the Greek
00:17:58way.
00:18:01The biggest mistake is to rush the boiling
00:18:04water. To prepare Greek coffee, you don't
00:18:07need a large espresso machine. Ground coffee along
00:18:11with water and a little sugar is simply heated on the stove
00:18:14in a pot known as briki. Are you
00:18:17familiar with this type of
00:18:19coffee?
00:18:23Tourists often drink it the wrong way, thinking it's
00:18:27espresso.
00:18:31Greek coffee must have foam, it is drunk very slowly, perhaps with a small
00:18:34sweet on the side, but very slowly. It is not
00:18:41be careful, there is sediment at the bottom of the cup, never
00:18:45stir Greek coffee.
00:18:48If you visit a kafenion late in the morning, you will mostly
00:18:52find yourself in the company of older men who gather there, many of them are
00:18:56retired so they have time. We meet
00:18:59here without an appointment, those of us who are still here, know that
00:19:03whenever they come they will find
00:19:05someone.
00:19:07In the Kafenion we solve all political crises, practically
00:19:11we elect the prime minister here.
00:19:14Kafenion has its roots in the coffee house culture from the time
00:19:17of Ottoman rule in
00:19:18Greece.
00:19:21It is interesting that the Kafenion once often had the only telephone
00:19:25or the only television in the village. Everyone gathered
00:19:28there. Tavla, the Greek version of
00:19:32Backgammon, is still regularly
00:19:34played here.
00:19:36Then the Kafenion was almost like a consulate, the
00:19:39whole village gathered there, the postman brought pensions and
00:19:43letters and everyone came here, but
00:19:46women were sometimes forbidden to enter, it was
00:19:50strictly male territory.
00:19:54άκρος αντρικό
00:19:57μέρος, ειδικά
00:20:00μόνες.
00:20:02Don't worry, today everyone is welcome. In addition to coffee,
00:20:05you can order other drinks and some snacks throughout
00:20:09the day. Here you can usually get meze, small, freshly
00:20:13prepared traditional Greek dishes. In the evening, more
00:20:16young guests come. The kafenion is often open until one after
00:20:20midnight, and sometimes even longer. We drink stronger drinks like raki
00:20:24and tsipouro, and when it's hot,
00:20:26beer.
00:20:29For lunch we usually have ouzo or tsipouro with meze. In the evening,
00:20:33we will drink wine or beer together, but meze is usually on
00:20:37the table.
00:21:24The Netherlands is known for its wooden clogs, a tradition
00:21:27more than 800 years old. However, this craft
00:21:30is slowly dying out. We visited a man who decided to save it from
00:21:34oblivion.
00:21:40This is Martin Dijkman in his workshop. The Dutch
00:21:43shoemaker nurtures the centuries-old art of making clogs,
00:21:47known worldwide as wooden shoes. But his
00:21:50craft today no longer attracts new apprentices. In the Netherlands,
00:21:54about a dozen people do it as a hobby, and only a few
00:21:57professionally.
00:22:00Martin is one of them, he is dedicated to promoting the art and craft
00:22:04of clog making worldwide. My goal is to help preserve
00:22:08the tradition of clogs. Of course, I hope that one day
00:22:11I will be able to show someone the secrets of this craft, but the chances of that are getting
00:22:15smaller.
00:22:18Martin was practically born with clogs, here in the Dutch
00:22:21village of Luttenberg, he is the fourth generation in the family
00:22:25that does this.
00:22:29Everything starts with a poplar tree. The wood
00:22:33must not have knots. When you start cutting it into
00:22:36pieces, you immediately see if it
00:22:38is good.
00:22:41The wood is then transported to the workshop, here
00:22:45everything revolves around clogs. Martin has even made
00:22:48works of art out of them. This part alone contains
00:22:52more than 13,000 miniature shoes. But
00:22:55let's go back to the ones that are worn.
00:22:58This is a children's clog, approximately size
00:23:0132, but clogs are not actually made by
00:23:06centimeters.
00:23:15The clog maker uses tools he inherited from his ancestors
00:23:18and which were used in the same way more than
00:23:22800 years ago.
00:23:25Left, right, check.
00:23:28It once took seven years to master
00:23:31the craft.
00:23:36You don't have to be strong, but the wood must be good,
00:23:39the tools sharp, and the technique perfected.
00:23:43For example, this lever makes
00:23:45the job easier. This would require more strength, but for
00:23:57farmers and craftsmen wore clogs all
00:24:01day. Today they are more a symbol
00:24:04of the Netherlands and a popular
00:24:07souvenir. Since there are no new generations
00:24:10of apprentices, Martin promotes his craft
00:24:14himself. At the invitation of Dutch embassies, he travels the world and
00:24:17meets kings.
00:24:26I met the Dutch king, I was there for 10 days, and the king stopped
00:24:30by for an hour. I am proud that he looked me in the
00:24:33eyes, that was naturally wonderful, dass er mir
00:24:37im Gesicht angeschaut hat, ja
00:24:40das ist schön natürlich.
00:24:44This recognition gives him additional strength, but it is even more important to him that
00:24:47customers are satisfied. The most important thing for customers
00:24:51is the comfortable interior which Martin shapes with a special drill.
00:25:05After about five hours, a pair of clogs is finished,
00:25:09or perhaps not?
00:25:11These clogs are finished, but they are not. The wood
00:25:15must first be dried, this takes a week, only then
00:25:18can children wear them. Every
00:25:27craftsman has his own design. Martin inherited his from his father,
00:25:31but he has also made completely different variations of clogs, some of which
00:25:35are only for
00:25:36display.
00:25:40Whether as everyday footwear or a souvenir, clogs have been
00:25:44part of Dutch culture for centuries, preserved to this day thanks
00:25:47to enthusiasts of this craft. The path of Martin
00:25:50Dijkman. And so we come to the end of another
00:25:54broadcast. For more stories from all over Europe, follow us on
00:25:58social media. Thank you for being with us. Goodbye until next
00:26:02time.
00:28:03Can you tell what you're looking at? These are
00:28:06close-up images of a fertilized human egg
00:28:09implanting itself into the lining of the uterus.
00:28:12And amazingly, this isn't a passive process. The human
00:28:16embryo can be seen actively pulling itself into the uterine
00:28:20lining. This discovery is changing our understanding of
00:28:24fertility and conception with potentially huge benefits for
00:28:28IVF.
00:28:30More on that and other groundbreaking.
00:28:32medical research now on DW's science show
00:28:36tomorrow
00:28:36today.
00:28:40At this fertility clinic in Munich, doctors are hopeful new breakthrough
00:28:44could improve one of IVF's biggest challenges, successful
00:28:48embryo
00:28:48implantation.
00:28:53has been working in the field for 30 years. IVF has come a
00:28:57long way, he says, but there are still no
00:28:59guarantees. Das macht man. We perform the
00:29:03procedure under very short anesthetic. It takes just
00:29:065 to 10 minutes. Afterwards, patients wake up and
00:29:09ideally don't feel a thing. But even when we're
00:29:12transferring the very best embryos, we still can't predict whether that embryo
00:29:16will eventually become a
00:29:17baby.
00:29:20Eggs, sperm and embryos can be cryo preserved, stored at
00:29:24ultra low temperatures in liquid nitrogen tanks for future
00:29:28use. Sperm are injected into eggs that have previously
00:29:31been collected. from the patient, but IVF is a complex
00:29:35process, whether viable embryo develops depends a whole
00:29:38range of factors. you're saying it very much depends on the
00:29:42woman's age. between 30 and 35 we see the highest success
00:29:45rates, around 40%. as
00:29:48women approach 40 and especially beyond 40, those numbers fall
00:29:51significantly. for women over 42, the success rates are
00:29:55unfortunately very low, usually below
00:29:575%.
00:30:01doctors do everything they can. to improve the odds.
00:30:04Fertilized eggs are monitored and analyzed over 5 days with
00:30:07cameras tracking their development around the clock, but even the most
00:30:11promising embryos don't always implant in the
00:30:13uterus.
00:30:18There are countless processes involved in the creation of life that we still don't
00:30:22fully understand. We have many unanswered questions, also about
00:30:26aging. We know, for example, that egg cells undergo
00:30:29significant age-related changes by the age of 35. the
00:30:32latest: certain proteins no longer function as
00:30:35effectively, and that can have negative impact on both embryo
00:30:39development and pregnancy rates.raten,
00:30:43für den embryo.
00:30:45few kilometers away at the Institute of Epigenetics and
00:30:49stem cells in Munich. biologist
00:30:51Maria Elena Toris Padia and her team are working to answer some of those
00:30:55questions. It's a bit.